Help:Formatting and layout

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This is a project information page for Landrace.Wiki. It describes the project's standards, processes, or structure. It is not an encyclopaedic article.

This page covers page structure, tables, images, and layout conventions on Landrace.Wiki.

For basic text formatting, links, and lists, see Help:Editing basics. For citation formatting, see Help:Sourcing.

Page structure

Most content pages on Landrace.Wiki follow a standard structure:

1. Lead paragraph – A brief summary of what the page covers, with no heading. This appears before the table of contents.
2. Sections – The body of the page, divided by == Heading == markup.
3. References – A == References == section at the bottom containing {{Reflist}}.
4. Categories – Category tags at the very bottom of the wikitext.

Do not add a heading for the lead paragraph. The page title serves that function.

Tables

Basic table

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Column A !! Column B !! Column C
|-
| Row 1A || Row 1B || Row 1C
|-
| Row 2A || Row 2B || Row 2C
|}

Produces:

Column A	Column B	Column C
Row 1A	Row 1B	Row 1C
Row 2A	Row 2B	Row 2C

Key syntax:

• {| starts the table, |} ends it
• |- starts a new row
• ! and !! create header cells
• | and || create regular cells
• class="wikitable" applies standard wiki table styling

Table with column widths

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width: 30%;" | Name
! style="width: 70%;" | Description
|-
| Example || A description of the example
|}

Images

Uploading

Upload images through Special:Upload. Use descriptive filenames (e.g., Parvati-Valley-field-2024.jpg rather than IMG_4392.jpg).

Before uploading, check Help:Media and safety for guidelines on face blurring, EXIF metadata, and location sensitivity.

Embedding images

What you type	Result
[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]	Thumbnail on the right with caption
[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|left|Caption text]]	Thumbnail on the left
[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|300px|Caption text]]	Thumbnail at 300px width
[[File:Example.jpg|frameless|200px]]	Inline image, no frame, 200px wide

For accession pages, place the primary photograph at the top of the page using a right-aligned thumbnail. Additional photographs can be placed in a gallery:

<gallery>
File:Example1.jpg|Caption one
File:Example2.jpg|Caption two
File:Example3.jpg|Caption three
</gallery>

Horizontal rules

A horizontal line is created with four hyphens:

----

Use sparingly. Section headings are usually a better way to divide content.

Redirects

If a page should redirect to another page (for example, an alternative spelling or old page name):

#REDIRECT [[Target page]]

This should be the only content on the page.

Landrace.Wiki conventions

A few layout conventions specific to this wiki:

• Project pages (in the Landrace.Wiki: namespace) should include {{Information page}} at the top and {{Basic information}} at the bottom.
• Help pages (in the Help: namespace) follow the same pattern.
• Content pages (accessions, regions, country pages) use their own specific templates. See Help:Accessions and Help:Regions and fields for those conventions.
• Categories go at the very bottom of the wikitext, after any navbox templates.

See also

• Help:Editing basics – Text formatting, links, and lists
• Help:Sourcing – Citation formatting
• Help:Media and safety – Photo guidelines and metadata
• Help:Contents – Help directory